Clumps establish fairly quickly. Features large, cup-shaped, rose-like, usually nodding flowers (3-4″ diameter) with center crowns of conspicuously contrasting yellow stamens. Flower color is extremely variable, ranging from white to pink to light rose-purple,...
Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients. Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or base of the plant.
This Autumn Fern reaches 2 feet in height and width. Once established it's virtually self-maintaining, and truly eye-catching in any setting. It then turns to dark green for summer, and back to bronze again in the fall.
Specific epithet means “many eyelashes” in reference to the bristly scales found on the stipe and rachis. Tassel fern is an evergreen fern that is native to Japan and southern Korea.
They prefer moist, humusy soil. With such showy flowers, they deserve to be in the front of the shade garden. Remember that it goes dormant in mid-summer. One of the oldest perennials in cultivation, Bleeding Hearts produce graceful arches of heart-shaped...
, commonly called Japanese iris or Japanese water iris, is a rhizomatous beardless perennial iris that grows in slowly expanding clumps to 2-4' tall. Cultivars come in single, double and peony flowered forms in a wide range of colors including shades...
, commonly called northern blue flag, is a clump-forming iris that is native to marshes, swamps, wet meadows, ditches and shorelines from Manitoba to Nova Scotia south to Virginia, Ohio, Illinois and Minnesota.
This is not to be rushed. Fall pruning, especially in warmer climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy and makes winter freezes potentially deadly.
Species plants may be grown from seed, but hybrids are usually divided in the garden. Divide clumps in spring every 3-4 years. Common name of alum root is in reference to the medicinal use of some species plants as an astringent to stop bleeding.
Spreads by creeping stems that root as they go along the ground and can be mildly aggressive in rich soils. Drought tolerant. Tolerates heat and humidity. Plant 12-18″ apart for use as ground cover.
Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil. This small Sedum is enchanting in the rock garden as a ground cover.
Also effective as accents or herbaceous hedges along fences, sidewalks, driveways or walls. Remove spent flowers after blooming. Each plant will flower for approximately 7-10 days.
Slow-release fertilizer can help prevent rapid soft growth that is vulnerable to diseases and insects. The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep.
Established plants that become congested may be divided in late summer to early fall. Meaning injures/destroys in reference to the plant's toxic leaves, stems and roots which are poisonous to humans if ingested.
This procedure, called deadheading, encourages the Coreopsis Zagreb plant to produce new flowers, keeping your plant looking attractive throughout the season. Deadheading also prevents Coreopsis Zagreb from spreading through your yard, as it can be an...
Delosperma is good for hard to grow areas in the sun garden because they do not require much water, yet fill in very quickly. 'Red Mountaintm' has a low-growing stature that makes it the perfect, fast-spreading, dazzling groundcover on slopes or in borders...
However, once new growth begins, it proceeds quite rapidly. Tolerates some light shade, but full sun with good air circulation produces the best flowers, the strongest stems and the best environment for resisting potential diseases.
A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole. Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots to spread through the loose, nutrient rich soil, much easier than if you used solely...
In midsummer, large, lacy heads of hydrangea-like flowers form along this cultivar's self-adhering stems, offering a moonlit display. With lovely pewter mottling on each heart-shaped leaf, this rarity is perfect for illuminating shadowy, difficult sites.
Tiny, pinkish white, bell-shaped flowers in open, airy panicles are borne on slender, wiry, dark red stems extending well above the mound of leaves, typically to a height of 15-24″ in late spring to early summer.
‘Angelina' is a yellow leaved cultivar featuring spiky yellow leaves (to 3/4” long) that often sport ginger brown tips. Site starter plants 8-12” apart for massing as a ground cover.
Easy and reliable once established. The flowers provide early spring nectar to butterflies and other pollinators. This is an excellent choice for lightly shaded gardens or as a groundcover under deciduous trees.
pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral
Native To / Origin: US - Central and East - Blue Moon was selected by Bill Cullina and introduced by the New England Wildflower Society
Deer Resistance: Not Likely to be Bothered
Grows To: 6-12"H and slowly spreads
Outdoor Light: *Full sun, Part sun, Part shade, Light shade
Easy to grow in full sun, spirea tolerates a wide range of soils and is deer resistant. Flowers form on new wood, so pruning is recommended in late winter to early spring if needed.
We do not recommend using straight topsoil or compost as a back-fill soil because more times than not these products will retain entirely to much moisture and will cause the root system to rot.
This grass makes excellent background plants, and since this grass tolerates moist soils, it is a fine choice for water gardens or along stream banks. The wide, thick leaf blades are a bit more substantial than those of the other blues.
A columbine unlike any other! The Dorothy Rose Columbine has lovely, luminescent, light rose-pink flowers that make this an excellent specimen plant. Deer resistant, great cut flower, for a rain garden.
Bluish-purple 3" trumpets are borne in succession throughout summer and into fall on this upright to loosely open and spreading shrub-like tropical. It is often recommended that you prune it back fairly hard during winter to produce a fuller denser plant...
